Patents by Inventor Lowell Browning Dennis

Lowell Browning Dennis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Low power mode for device power management
    Patent number: 7437575
    Abstract: An information handling system having PCI devices which comply with the Power Management Interface Specification have a low power mode that may be used to put Power Management Capability devices into a low power state when the information handling system enters into S4 or S5. A firmware or software low power mode program, retained in non-volatile memory of the information handling system, recognizes when the information handling system is entering S4 or S5. The low power mode program may clear the Power Management Event Enable or not in each of the Power Management Capable devices when the information handling system enters into S4 or S5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Lowell Browning Dennis, Andrew A. Walker
  • Low power mode for device power management
    Publication number: 20040243858
    Abstract: An information handling system having PCI devices which comply with the Power Management Interface Specification have a low power mode that may be used to put Power Management Capability devices into a low power state when the information handling system enters into S4 or S5. A firmware or software low power mode program, retained in non-volatile memory of the information handling system, recognizes when the information handling system is entering S4 or S5. The low power mode program may clear the Power Management Event Enable or not in each of the Power Management Capable devices when the information handling system enters into S4 or S5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Lowell Browning Dennis, Andrew A. Walker